Transferring to the Inactive Category
Registrants who are taking an extended leave from the practise of the profession may request to transfer their registration to the Inactive category. Inactive registrants are still required to renew their registration annually. To be invoiced the Inactive registration fee for 2024-2025, you must submit a transfer to Inactive category request in the “Category Transfer Request” page of your user account and have it approved by staff before completing your renewal. The deadline to request to transfer to the Inactive category is March 12, 2024. Registrants who submit a request to transfer to the Inactive category after this deadline may be required to pay the full RP registration renewal fee for the 2024-2025 registration year. Your transfer date must also take place on or before April 1st, as this is the date that the new registration year begins. Once staff have approved your request, you can complete your renewal and pay the RP (Inactive) renewal fee.
It is important that you wait until you have received written confirmation from College staff that your transfer request is approved. If you pay the RP renewal fee prior to your Inactive request being approved by staff, you will not receive a refund.
Get more information on the Registration Categories page. If you have questions about the Inactive category that are not answered on our website, please email your questions to info@crpo.ca.
RP (Qualifying) and RP (Temporary) registrants are not eligible to transfer to the Inactive category.
Suspension of Registration for Incomplete Renewal
Any registrant who does not meet all of the renewal requirements within the stipulated deadlines risks suspension of their registration with CRPO.
Suspended individuals are not permitted to use any restricted title, practise or supervise the provision of psychotherapy for the purposes of registration with the College, perform the controlled act of psychotherapy, nor hold themselves out as qualified to practise as a psychotherapist in Ontario. The suspension is reflected on the Public Register.
Lifting a suspension for an incomplete renewal involves paying outstanding fees (registration fee, late fee and suspension lifting fee), submitting the renewal form, holding insurance, and complying with any outstanding orders or requirements issued by CRPO’s statutory committees (i.e., Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee, Discipline, Fitness to Practise or Quality Assurance Committees).
Revocation and Reinstatement
If the Registrar suspends a Certificate of Registration and the individual does not take the steps outlined above to lift the suspension, the Registrar has authority to revoke the registrant’s certificate two years after the day it was suspended. Again, this status will be reflected on the Public Register.
If a former registrant, whose Certificate of Registration was revoked because they failed to pay a fee that is required to be paid in accordance with the By-laws, wishes to return to practice, the Registrar has the authority to reinstate the Certificate if certain conditions are met. The former registrant will have to satisfy a panel of the Registration Committee that they are competent to safely practise psychotherapy, will pay the outstanding fees, have professional liability insurance coverage in the amount and form required under the By-laws, and will be in compliance on the anticipated date on which registration is to be reinstated with any outstanding requirements or orders issued by CRPO’s statutory committees (e.g. Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee, Discipline, Fitness to Practise or Quality Assurance Committees)
For more information about the conditions associated with suspensions, revocations and reinstatement, see sections 23 to 27 of the Registration Regulation. If you have any questions, please contact us at info@crpo.ca.